a. The top floor of Madison Square Garden
b. House plants you could win with S&H Green Stamps
c. A home garden to raise food for family and friends

2. What would "A little dab 'll do ya" do?

a. A dab of Brylcreem would keep your hair in place like car grease
b. A little dab of Ovaltine in milk would turn you into Capt. Midnight
c. Rumor was that a dab of Spanish fly would do it, but no one ever knew for sure

A. Hunting fowl during the Great Depression
b. A drill for school children, for use in case of atomic attack
c. A ducktail haircut toupee

5. The oldest man in the US died recently at 113. To what did he attribute his long life?

a. Giving up cigars at age 97
b. Never marrying
c. Brussels sprouts and chocolate

6. What was the "party line" with which many of us grew up?

a. "Your place or mine?"
b. Telephone lines shared by several homes, or parties
c. "A chicken in every pot."

7. What postwar auto was said to not know whether it was coming or going?

a. '48 Tucker
b. '53 Henry J.
c. '51 Studebaker

8. What wasn't delivered to homes in the US in the 1940s?

a. Prescriptions
b. Ice
c. Milk
d. Pizza

9. What color were flash bulbs for use with color film?

a. Pink
b. Blue
c. Plaid

10. What was the average life expectancy in the US 100 years ago?

a. 60
b. 23
c. 47
d. 78

11. You know you've grown old when...?

a. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them
b. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question
c. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff"
d. All of the above

12. When you put your right foot out, and shake it all about, what are you doing?

a. Throwing out your back
b. Going for a Section 8
c. The Hokey-Pokey

ANSWERS

1. c) Victory gardening enabled more food supplies to be shipped to our troops around the world.

2. a) "Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya! Brylcreem, you look so debonair! The gals will all pursue ya. They'll love to get their fingers in your hair..."

3. d) Sears, Roebuck and Co. was named in 1893. It is said that Roebuck, a watchmaker, disappeared when he objected to customers using catalogs for toilet paper.

4. b) A drill for school children. Today's equivalent is Tom Ridge's plastic and duct tape.

5. a) John McMorran quit cigars at 97, and got 16 years more of life.

6. b) Telephones were great neighborhood entertainment in the days when each home on the party line had a unique ring and the phones of every subscriber on the line rang at the same time. It was great sport to listen in to the conversations of everyone on the line.

7. c) The '51 Studebaker had so much glass in the rear, folks were concerned that other drivers wouldn't know front from back.

8. d) Pizza.

9. b) Blue flashbulbs were used with color film, daylight balanced.

10. c) In 1903 the average life expectancy was 47. Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone, and the average wage was 22 cents an hour. Remember?

11. d. All of the above.

12. c) You're dancing the Hokey-Pokey. In 1953, bandleader Ray Anthony bought the rights and recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side of another novelty record, The Bunny Hop.*

SCORING

10 - 12 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but smart as a buggy whip. Now if you could only remember yesterday.

7 - 9 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely dusty.

0 - 6 correct: You are a sad excuse for an old coot. Redeem yourself. Wear yellow pants or let your ear hairs grow into a comb-over.

* Thanks to readers Jack & Kathy Wells who sent: What with all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote " The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in....and then the trouble started...

What do Sparkle Plenty, Lou Costello, Fibber McGee, Trigger, Doris Day, Black Jack Chewing Gum, 10¢ War Bond Saving Stamps, and Pinocchio have in common? They're all part of this week's Suddenly Senior Trivia Quiz. See how YOU do.

How's your memory today? We won't even ask you to recall long-gone radio personalities. (Maybe next time!) Just a few famous TV cops from the '50s to last season's NYPD Blue. Just the facts, Ma'am.

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